Sharp County record., 1887-06-09
Personal AND GENERAL.

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| auel a disturbance at Detroit, Mich, on
| the night Of the 305h, and was shot and
Instantly killed. Mrs. ConnOr, grand
mother of tn, deceased, died from tn ef-
feet of the shock.
SAMUEL PRINKEI, living near Connells-
Vile. Pa, stabbed his wife with pen
knife on the night Of the 30th, inaicting
fatal wounds The couple have been
separated for several weeks and Jealousy
IS supposed to have prompted the deed
Prinkey has been locked up.
The new railway from Nisch, Servia, to
Ak Palauka, has been formally opened 70
traffic, and its completion is regarded as
Of great Importance to the Servlan Gov
ernment as afording means OF rapid
! trans sportation Of troops,
WHILE towing raft down the Little
Kauawha. on the 30th, the boiler OF the
tug boat Whale exploded, killing the en-
| gineer, Peter Walters, and fatally lnJur'
ing Jackson Smith, the fireman, and the
ten-vear-old son Of the engineer, whose
| right arm was completely blown on at
| the shoulder.
IT was reported on the 3lst at Pitts
| burgh that the stove mOlders had decld-
ed to stand out firmly for an advance in
wages, and they will refuse TO sign the
! agreement asked for by the manufactur-
ers. This postpones the settlement OF the
| strike indefinitely.
| COyOdrssIoyER CoLMAN has issued an
important circular on pleuro-pneumonla,
| addressed to the transportation com
| panies.
A GREAT fire is reported from HAMBURG.
The area desolated is from 30 10 40 yards
in extent The damage will reach several
million marks.
Rev. W. C. STILES, formerly Of St.
Louis, has mysteriously disappeared from
Pittsfe.d, N. Il.
A RUSSIAN mob attacked an English
brewery near St Petersburg on the lst,
and number Of persons were killed
The actual reduction Of the pu bic debt
during May was s. 6SS, ,997 66; since June
90 1886 S92, S54, 9212L
Buck TAYLOR, a rider in the "Wild
Vest show, sustained compound frac-
ture Of one of his thighs on the 1st, by
being thrown from his horse.
MODELS Of five new war-ships to be built
by the Government are on exhibition now
at Washington.
A BLOODY war between the Indians Of
the United States and British America,
near the Northwest boundary is believed
to be inevitable.
W. C. KENNETT & Co.'S tannery at Gin
cinnat, was destroyed by fire on the night
Of the 1st; loss, including stock, $50OO0.
THE thrty-third biennial convention OF
the Evangelical Lutheran church in the
United States began its sessions at Oma-
ha, Neb., on the 1st.
Mr. J. W. BRYANT, Of New Orleans,
representing the steamboat interests OF
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, made an
argument before the Interstate Com
merce Commission at Washington on
the 1st
THE funeral of Major Ben. Perley Poore
at Indian Hill farm, near Newburyport,
Mass, on the 1st, was largely attended,
notwithstanding the severe rain-storm
which prevailed. The services were
simple and imposing.
+-FHE interratioHl Sunday -scheel conven-
tion opened at Chicago on the 1st When
a Maine minister stated that Maine pos
sessed presidential timber, every body
appeared TO think of Blaine and cheered
L. D. PARENT, the young cashier Of the
Hockelaga Bank at Montreal, has a0-
seconded, and is a defaulter to the extent
of $4,000. He is said to be in Boston. he
left behind him at Point Clare wife and
three children,
THE clearing away Of the debris from
the site Of the Opera Comique was con-
cluded on the 1st. No more bodies were
found. lie Temps says the official number
is seventy, of which fifty have been iden-
titled. Two wagon loads Of charred limbs
have been taken to the morgue
BERLIN advices say the Joy felt there at
the downfall of General Boulanger is
more silent than expressed. There is
very little confidence, however, in the
stability of the new French Ministry.
THEODORE STonLER, Of Paterson, n. j.,
shot his wife, Alkaline, aged twenty-three,
on the evening Of the 1st, and then shot
himself. He Is thought to have been a
| little out Of his head for some time. He
was insanely jealous Of his wife, who IS
quite pretty woman.
THE effect Of the recent heavy rains at
| Key West, Fla, has become manifest in
| an increase Of sickness at that place. Six
! new cases of yellow fever are now being
| treated by the health authorities.
| PROPOSALS for the completion Of the ter
race and grand stairways Of the National
Capitol were opened at the architects Of
| fee in Washington on the 1st The YER
mont Marble Com pany was the successful
bidder, and as they had charge Of all
work done heretofore, it assures uni
| formity in the entire terrace and stair
ways. The bid was 1923, 100
TIE London Tin1es claims that the Fenian
Brotherhood has issued from hea1quar-
| ters In New York a circular asking for
funds for 'pyrotechnic displays" on the
occasion Of the Queens jubilee which the
TiD>s asserts is a movement for dynamite
outrages.
A TERRIBLE plague of locusts has visited
the central provinces Of Spain. The in
sects are 80 thick that gangs Of men have
had TO be sent 10 clear the railway lines.
Crops are fearfully ravaged.
TIE National convention Of colored men
called TO meet in indianapolis on the lst
for the purpose Of considering the po-
litical bondage in which the race has
been held since the war, was but slimly
attended, and adjourned without trans
acting any business of importance.
II is now estimated that the Mexi can
pension claims will not exceed $4,000 in
number
QUEEN KAPIoLAyI arrived in England
on the ID.
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